Three new species discovered in the Himalayas: a new springtail from Sikkim and 2 new ants from Assam.
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) –Madras have developed an efficient, safe and cost-effective treatment strategy for fighting fungal infections, by linking anti-fungal drugs with sugar polymers in order to create gel-like formulations called hydrogels.
Scientists from the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research explore whether seasonal variation in abundance of food and water have any effects on the size of elephant groups. The researchers found that although group sizes were larger in the dry season compared to the wet season at the population level, that was not so at the clan level.
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, warn us that the problem of texting while driving is a much more worrisome one than previously anticipated. In their recent study they have look at how reaction times of drivers are affected by texting while driving. The study shows that texting can cause upto a 171% more delay in reaction time.
यह अध्ययन भारत में वाहन चलाते समय मोबाइल फोन के उपयोग की हानिकारिकता पर प्रकाश डालता है
नवीन संशोधन दाखवते की भारतीयांची गाडी चालवताना फोनचा वापर करण्याची सवय अपायकारक असू शकतो
It was years ago that India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had said, “It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving people...
ಕಳೆದ ಕೆಲವು ದಶಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವು ಅಪಾರ ವೇಗದಿಂದ ಔನತ್ಯದೆಡೆಗೆ ಮುನ್ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಇದರ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ಕಾರಣ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಯಥೇಚ್ಛವಾಗಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿರುವ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಸೌಕರ್ಯ. ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಮೊದಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ಜೀವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದವರೆಗೂ, ರಸಾಯನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಕೃಷಿಯವರೆಗೂ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳನ್ನೂ ಒಳಗೊಂಡಂತೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಪಡಬೇಕಾದ ಹಲವಾರು ಸಾಧನೆಗಳು, ಅದರ ಹಿಂದಿನ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿರುವುದು ಸಂತಸದ ಸತ್ಯ; ಆದರೆ ೨೦೧೭ ಹೇಗೆ ವಿಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿತ್ತು? ಭಾರತೀಯ ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ ಸಮುದಾಯದಿಂದ ಕೆಲವು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಂಶಗಳು ಯಾವುವು?
Frogs have been around since the age of the dinosaurs, having survived four mass extinctions. Due to their remarkable ability to adapt to extreme conditions, they have thrived in almost all landscapes around the world from deserts to tropical rain forests, with some frogs even found in the Arctic circle.
What a year it has been for Indian science! From indigenous transistors to help India's Internet of things to solutions to living in harmony with wild animals we have seen it all. Here we take a look at the highlighs of Indian research in 2017.
Scientists from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) and Amity University, Uttar Pradesh have been studying the harmful effects of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on living tissue and genes in mice, and their study reveals a potential threat lurking, if increasing use of such nanoparticles is not addr